alright guys im here to share my build with you and explain some troubles i went through along the way.
can a moderator please correct my typo in the title and add the missing L to "install" tried correcting it myself but it wont change.
had major fender rubbing, but got it to work with some good fender work/ melt mod alternatives.
parts list:
Falken wildpeak at3w 275/70/18
bilstein 5100 front struts
bilstein 4600 heavy duty 2wd 2" lift struts in rear
rancho spring spacers in rear
ATX Series AX201 18x9 6x114.3 +0mm 5" Backspace
ride height front and rear 37.5" measured from floor to fender right above the tire
wheels and tires mounted before the lift:
before lift by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
wheel rub:
rub by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
more wheel rub:
rub pass by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
starting with fender liner mods (this was done before the lift):
edit1 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
edit2 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
edit3 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
Lift parts came in:
IMG_4315 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
compressing oem coil to place onto new bilstein:
IMG_4417 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
coil and strut assembled and installed:
IMG_4420 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
turns out that the oem struts were bad, all 4 of the oem struts that i pulled out would compress but not come back up, and one of the struts on the front compress and also took a piss on my garage floor...
IMG_4421 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
new rear strut installed, forgot to take pics as i installed the rancho spring spacers. plan to do a good cleaning of the suspension here later on also:
IMG_4423 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
so the lift was installed and i still had rubbing on the rear of the wheel well...back to some fender work:
1 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
this is the area behind the fender liner that i marked and cut out, i used a dremel and cut out this much of the fender which allowed the wheels to turn and not be held back by the metal of the fender which was right behind the liner:
2 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
after the cut:
3 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
you cant really tell any of this was done once the wheel is back on:
4 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
amount of fender material cut out... id say im track ready with these kinds of weight savings lol:
IMG_4465 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
amount of wheel poke:
IMG_4453 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
end result:
IMG_4500 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr
IMG_4492 by
Mark Sheriff, on Flickr